Harmonica holder



June 6, 1933. w c PETERSON 1,912,654 7 HARMONICA HOLDER Filed Feb. 27, 1932 Inventor:

Patented June 6, 1933' UNITED STATES .WALTER CLARENCE PETERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HARMONICA HOLDER Application filed February 27, 1932. Serial No. 595,591.

My invention relates to improvements in harmonica holders, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide an attachable holding means for harmonicas whereby the same may be operatively connected to larger musical instruments or to any other convenient object.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby a harmonica 'may be clampingly secured in any desired position in relation to another musical instrument, or other object.

A further object of my invention is to provide means whereby two musical instruments may be clampingly secured together in such a. manner that the position of one of the musical instruments may be changed with respect to the other musical instrument without releasing either musical instrument from the device of my invention.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a front elevational View showing one form of my invention as applied in use,

Figure 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of the device of my invention,

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the same, and

Figure 4 is a reduced fragmentary side elevational view of a modified form of my invention.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of a major clamping section 1 and a minor clamping section 2. The minor clamping section 2 consists of a U-shaped rod 3 having spaced-apart arm portions 4 which are secured to a supporting rod 5 extending through a transversely disposed short rod portion 6 provided with a transverse circular opening 7 and a longitudinally extending recessed portion 8.

Slidably mounted on the arms 4 is a cross it desired, of resilient steel.

bar 9, which in the present instance is shown as clampingly engaging a harmonica 10 shown in dotted outline. The cross bar 9 is pushed upward by reason of the spiral springs 11 encircling the portion of the arms 56 4t between the cross bar 9 and the rod 5. The supporting rod 5 is frictionally secured in the transverse opening 7 This permits the harmonica 10 and the U-shaped rod 3 to be swung in any desired position about the opening 7.

The major section 1 is provided at its top with a cylindrical body 12 having a reduced pro ecting portion 18. Integrally connected with the cylindrical body 12 are two downwardly extending oppositely aligned bent rod portions 14 and 14: which maybe made, These rods 14 and 14 are so aflixed to the body portion 12 that they tend to spring apart. The rods 14 and 14 are providedwith an outwardly bent portion 15 and 15 and a downwardly bent portion 16 and 16, respectively.

Clamping means 17 are pivotally connectable means, such as for instance, by gluing and by short studs or brads 21.

The metal strip 18 may be provided with a circular centrally disposed bent portion 22 for receiving the end portions 16 and 16' substantially as shown. may be securely clamped together, see F igure 3, by means of a tapered wide metal ring 23. The rods 14L and 14: may be knurled or otherwise roughened for the purpose of preventing the ring 23 from slipping once it i has been moved into position.

In operation the rods 14; and 14 maybe spread apart and the clamping means 17 may be placed on opposite sides of any suitable object, such as for instance, the opposing sides 24 of a guitar or other musical instrument 25. It will of course be understood that I do not limit the clamping means to any particular construction. It is, however, desirable that the clamping means be provided The rods 14: and 14 with a soft resilient clamping surface, such as for instance, the rubber strip 20.

In Figure 4, I have shown a fragmentary portion of a modified form of my invention. This modified form differs from the form shown in Figures 1 to 3 inclusive only in that the lower portion of the major section 1 including the portions 16 and 16 and the clamping means 17 are omitted, and the extreme end portion of each of the rods 14 and 14- is bent to form a triangular or circular ring 26 which provided with a tubular rubber coating 27.

The rod portion 6 may be, if desired, provided with a transversely extending threaded opening 28 and a thumb screw 29 whereby the reduced portion 13 may be fixedly secured to the rod portion 6. It will be readily understood that by loosening the screw 29, the minor section 2 may be rotated about the reduced portion 13. It will thus be seen that th harmonica may be turned and held at any desired angle with respect to the guitar 25, or any other suitable object which may be clamped by the device of my invention.

The U-shaped rod 3 may, if desired, be provided with a fixedly secured stop element- 3 whereby the harmonica 10 may be preventcd from being pushed out of position while the harmonica is being played. The stop element 3' may be rigidly secured to the arms l. substantially as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

I claim:

1. A harmonica holder comprising a U- shaped member, a spring pressed bar slidably positioned on the legs of said U-shaped member for securing a harmonica between the same and the central portion of said memher, a cross head secured to the ends of said legs, a coupling member frictionally engaging said cross head, whereby said U- shaped member can be adjusted about the axis of said head, a second coupling member detachably secured to said first mentioned coupling member, a pair of diverging rods secured at their upper ends to said second coupling member, a support engaging member secured to the opposite ends of each of said rods, and a member slidably embracing said rods and movable toward said engaging members for pressing the same into engagement with opposite sides of a support.

2. A harmonica holder comprising an upper section having a spring pressed member and a cooperating relatively stationary member for securing a harmonica between the same, a lower section, a swiveling coupling connecting said sections, said lower section comprising a pair of diverging rods extending downwardly from said coupling and having support engaging members at the lower ends thereof, and a member embracing said rods and slidable downwardly of the same for pressing said support engaging members into engagement with opposite sides of a support.

3. A harmonica holder comprising upper and lower sections, said upper section comprising a spring pressed harmonica engaging mechanism, said lower section comprising a pair of downwardly extending diverging rods having support engaging members at the lower ends thereof, means for clamping said members against opposite sides of a support, and a coupling for connecting said nppe' and lower sect-ions comprising a pair of separable axially aligned members, one secured to each section, and having means providing for relative adjustment of said upper section with reference to said lower section on vertical and horizontal axes.

XVALTER CLARENCE PETERSON. 

